Wild nights! — Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile — the [Wind]1 — To a heart in port, — Done with the Compass, — Done with the Chart! Rowing in Eden — Ah! the Sea! Might I but moor — Tonight — In thee!
3 Songs
Song Cycle by Peter Golub
?. Wild nights [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), appears in Poems: Second Series, first published 1891
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Mei Foong Ang) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Sturmnacht! - Sturmnacht!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Notti selvagge! Notti di tempesta!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 note: sometimes "Winds". Harmer, Hoiby, Leisner, Rusche, A. Thomas: "Winds"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 52